Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam reached to a shelf behind Miranda 's desk and picked up a case of cosmetic samples . |
| 2 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 3 | We all donned gloves and picked up a couple of Harris 's hawks . |
| 4 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 5 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |
| 6 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 7 | Joseph grinned ruefully back at him for a moment , then sensing the senator was warming to a familiar theme , he picked up a history of French Indochina that lay open on the table before him and sank down in his chair behind it . |
| 8 | He picked up a rosary of cheap light beads that lay coiled in an alabaster ashtray on a side table near the door . |
| 9 | Léonie picked up a fistful of knives and trailed after Victorine . |
| 10 | He picked up a sheet of parchment from the table , glanced at it , and then raised his eyes . |
| 11 | She picked up a sheet of estate agent 's particulars . |
| 12 | A man picked up a bottle of soy sauce on his way out , without paying for it . |
| 13 | I went back to the cabin , put my shoes on again , and picked up a bottle of wine . |
| 14 | He picked up a bottle of meths and took a ‘ slug ’ . |
| 15 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |
| 16 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 17 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 18 | He picked up a pot of turquoise eyeshadow , dipped his forefinger in it , and scrawled across her buttocks , GREAT ASS . |
| 19 | As the door closed behind him , she picked up a wad of tissues and threw them after him , scowling darkly as they fluttered harmlessly to the floor . |
| 20 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 21 | He picked up a bronze of a naked beauty , standing on a shell . |
| 22 | She was not a woman to sound excited , but he picked up a thread of something like it in her voice . |
| 23 | When she had finished , she wrapped her thick winter cloak around herself , picked up a basket of her bread and opened the cabin door . |
| 24 | The story goes that , one day , the goddess was dusting and picked up a ball of lint dropped by a blue humming-bird , placing it inside her apron . |
| 25 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 26 | Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves . |
| 27 | Cowley picked up a photograph of a sombre looking man of about forty , his face registering all the discomfort he was probably feeling in wedding suit and stiff shirt . |
| 28 | She also picked up a number of recently composed ‘ revival ’ songs , like Andy Hunter 's Up and Awa wi' the Laverock . |
| 29 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 30 | He picked up a packet of mints and said tot he cashier : ‘ That gormless Lancastrian out there will pay for these — he has got the brains of a chocolate mouse . ’ |